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App Valuation: How to Build, Value and Sell an App
- hanakon 9y agoExcellent article. Highly in-depth and well written, yet accessible. Was particularly pleased to see a section on SaaS apps in particular. Worth your time if you have or are working on an app, whether or not you've begun to consider about eventually selling it yet.
- ThomasSmale 9y agoThanks! Tried to cover a range of apps in there. We've written extensively about SaaS in the past, but not other apps which are also equally popular.
- growthkarl 9y agoFascinating! Never knew how many aspects go into consideration depending on the different types of apps/software. Lots of great takeaways on the marketing side as well. Especially in regards to analyzing the competition.
- ThomasSmale 9y agoOverall we look at thousands of variables with varying degrees of weighting. Can't just use the same generic approach to each different business model as would over-simplify and ignore (or overplay) nuances of specific businesses that could be strengths or weaknesses.
- tetmron 9y agoGreat insights in this article. I’ve never read anything that describes the process of valuing and selling an app in the digital domain so well. Thanks so much!
- ThomasSmale 9y agoThank you! We are trying to lead the way with content in the space - we've written a lot about SaaS in the past, but not much about apps in general. It's a hard topic to find credible content on as it's a relatively new space and most of the exits you here about are huge apps like Snapchat and Instagram. 99.99% of apps will never fall into that same bracket but doesn't mean there is not a market to sell.
- Adriaandt 9y agoReally good piece. Building with value in mind from day one - very interesting approach.
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